China is expected to rubber from the major powers into a real rubber power

China Petroleum & Chemical Group of Baling Petrochemical Company yesterday announced that the domestic first set of 10,000 tons with an annual output of hydrogenated SBS (SEBS) industrialization of the new devices into a smooth operation, Nissan SEBS qualified at more than 30 tons. This means that the SEBS will be the first of our own core technology of synthetic rubber varieties.

Experts believe that with this breakthrough, China is expected to rubber from the major powers into a real strong rubber; Sinopec also be the end of this year's arrival of competition in the petrochemical, based on the status of the unbeaten.

As difficult as oil imports

SEBS is a multi-purpose synthetic rubber is widely used in polymer modification, adhesives and sealing materials, lubricants by sticking agent, high-grade cables of the cable jacket and filler material, modified bitumen and other fields.

Prior to this, SEBS of industrial production in China not only belong to the gap in the international community has just started. International SEBS an annual production capacity of 150,000 tons or so, China's imports of SEBS as difficult as for oil.

Sinopec expert said this set of devices at the same time the country was classified as'863 plan '.

In recent years, Baling Petrochemical Company Synthetic Rubber Division of SEBS synthesis of research, and a number of patents. In 2002 had successfully produced 4 brands of products SEBS qualified more than 200 tons, becoming the first domestic production of SEBS enterprises; in April 2005 by the Baling Petrochemical Company Synthetic Rubber Division of the independent development of the'2 million tons / year hydride SBS set of process technology development package ', adopted by the China Petrochemical Technology Review. In May 2005, the project is a comprehensive project started, the end of last year in the realization of the project to pay.

Huge market demand

Sinopec said that the 10,000-ton SEBS industrialization, the device will Baling Petrochemical production of the new situation and new problems in tackling key problems in a timely manner, as soon as possible to solve production bottlenecks.

Bristol consulting firm AMI forecasts show that from 2003 to 2008 between, SEBS will gradually replace the existing thermoplastic elastomer SBS, is expected to SEBS European countries will demand an annual growth rate of 6.5 percent.

China Synthetic Rubber Industry Association Deputy Secretary-General of the view that Zhou Rong, China's demand growth of SEBS even more. Earlier this year, domestic natural rubber price of 20,000 yuan per ton breakthrough in the 'high price' record, which is a serious shortage of domestic natural rubber, synthetic rubber and a low supply of a certain relationship.

He said that China's rubber market, the use of synthetic rubber ratio of 45%, 55% natural rubber. The use of synthetic rubber ratio is far lower than 53% of the world average, lower than the level of developed countries.

As the climate and natural rubber planting area of greater impact, more than 70% of China's natural rubber consumption still need to import. Experts believe that Sinopec's breakthrough technology will not only enhance China's synthetic rubber industry's competitiveness, but also to a certain extent, reduce the dependence of the International Natural Rubber.